Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Questions

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Consider the given question and decide which of the following statements is/are sufficient to answer the question.


How was the sale of the company ABC?

Statements :

1. The company ABC sold 75000 units of soaps each at Rs. 70/-.
2. ABC has no other products in the production line.

A) Both 1 and 2 are sufficient to answer the question. B) 2 alone is sufficient while 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
C) 1 alone is sufficient while 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question. D) Neither 1 nor 2 is sufficient to answer the question.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Both 1 and 2 are sufficient to answer the question.

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In the question below are given three statements followed by two conclusions which are numbered as I, and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.


Statements:
Some pages are papers.
No page is a book.
All books are pencils.

Conclusions:
I. All books can never be papers.
II. All pencils are papers is a possibility.

A) Only conclusion I follows B) Only conclusion II follows
C) Either conclusion I or conclusion II follows D) Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Only conclusion II follows

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In the following question, two statements are given each followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.


Statements:
(I) Some notes are coins.
(II) No coin is a card.


Conclusion:
(I) All cards can be notes.
(II) Some notes are neither coins nor cards.

A) Conclusion I follows B) Conclusion II follows
C) Neither I nor II follows D) Both I and II follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Neither I nor II follows

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In the following question, two statements are given each followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

 

Statements:
(I) Most crops are machines.
(II) Some machines are fools.

Conclusion:
(I) Some fools are machines.
(II) Some crops are fools.

A) Conclusion I follows B) Conclusion II follows
C) Neither I nor II follows D) Both I and II follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Conclusion I follows

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In the question a statement is given, followed by two arguments, I and II. You have to consider the statement to be true even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given arguments, if any, is a strong argument.

Statement : Should speed breakers be banned?

Argument I : Yes, data shows that number of accidents increase after putting the speed breakers.
Argument II : No, it teaches fast drivers a lesson.

A) if only argument I is strong. B) if only argument II is strong.
C) if both I and II are strong. D) if neither I nor II is strong.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) if only argument I is strong.

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In the following question, two statements are given each followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

Statement:
(I) India's GDP continues to grow at one of the reasonable rates but job creation is not picking up the similar pace.
(II) Every year over 20 million young Indians join the workforce.

Conclusions:
(I) Population increase is more than the job creation rate.
(II) Supply basket is less and the demand basket for jobs is very high.

A) Only conclusion II follows B) Conclusion I and II both follow
C) Neither I nor II follow D) Only conclusion I follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Conclusion I and II both follow

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In the following question, two statements are given each followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

Statement:
(I) All young scientists are open-minded.
(II) No open-minded men are superstitious.

Conclusions:
(I) No scientist is superstitious.
(II) No young people are superstitious.

A) Conclusion I follows B) Conclusion II follows
C) Neither I nor II follows D) Both I and II follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Neither I nor II follows

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Read the given statements and the following conclusions carefully and select which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
• All blue are colours.
• All colours are shades.
Conclusions:
1. All blue are shades.
2. Some shades are colours.

A) All the conclusions follow. B) Only conclusion 1 follows.
C) Only conclusion 2 follows. D) No conclusions follow.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) All the conclusions follow.

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